Media personality Valerie Smaldone is an award-winning broadcaster turned digital content provider. Having interviewed thousands of celebrities, authors, thought leaders and entrepreneurs, she has the inside scoop on what makes content engaging. Valerie works with experts to build a plan for a "media footprint" through compelling content. Learn how to produce podcasts, webisodes or blogs to market your specific area of expertise, a product or service. You will have the opportunity to work with Valerie to hone in on and craft content and build your brand through social media. This intensive workshop will provide you with the tools to produce and market your own content.

This series is made possible with funding from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NYS Council on the Arts, the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Auchincloss Foundation, Inc., and NYC Council Members James Vacca, Andrew Cohen, Andy King and Melissa Mark-Viverito.

ArtMattan Films on VOD, more films added!

Enjoy award-winning African and African Diaspora Films on VOD!

Documentary that explores the expression of Tangoâs Africanness and the contribution of African cultures in the creation of the tango. CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW!

The Story of Lovers Rock

DIRECTED BY MENELIK SHABAZZ, 2011, 96 MIN

A revealing musical documentary about Lovers Rock, often dubbed 'romantic reggae,' a uniquely black British sound that developed in the late 70s and 80s against a backdrop of riots, racial tension and sound systems. CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW!

The First Rasta

DIRECTED BY HELENE LEE, 2011, 85 MINThirty years after Bob Marley's death, it is time to pay tribute to Leonard Percival Howell, The man who created the Rasta Movement. CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW!

Daratt / Dry SeasonDIRECTED BY MAHAMAT-SALEH HAROUN ,2006, 95 MINChad, 2006. The government has granted amnesty to all war criminals. Atim, 16 years old, is given a revolver by his grandfather so that he may kill the man who killed his father... CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW!

Borders / Frontieres

DIRECTED BY MOSTEFA DJADJAM, 2002, 102 MIN

Six men and a woman set out on the hazardous journey from Senegal to Morocco in a bid to slip illegally into Europe to escape from the poverty and internecine warfare of Africa. CLICK HERE TO WATCH NOW!